Seeing that the "wine barrel" was about to be rotten and obscene, many young men in the audience were angry, and many young women turned their heads one after another, unable to bear to see such a cruel scene happen.

"Stop!" The old man jumped onto the wooden platform with an astonishing quick figure, grabbed the right hand holding the whip with the "wine barrel", took out a small cloth bag from his body with his left hand, threw it on the platform, and said, "There are more than thirty silver coins in here, and now this slave belongs to me!"

Because he was dissatisfied with the appearance of this "wine barrel" to deceive people with money, and deliberately taught this kind of scum a lesson, the old man deliberately increased his strength.

Under the strong hand of the old man, the "wine barrel", which was already a dwarf, was now more like a mess of mud and half-kneeling on the platform, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and the fat on his face twitched because of pain. But until this time, the "barrel" was still thinking about the bag of silver coins on the table, and reached out with his left hand to reach for the money bag.

Seeing the "wine barrel" with a "money eye" look, the old man was also made to smile bitterly by this money fan, let go of the "wine barrel" right hand, and let him pick up the money bag on the table.

As soon as the "wine barrel" grabbed the money bag on the ground, he hurriedly put it away and stuffed it into his clothes. Standing up from the ground, there was no expression of annoyance at all, and he still said with a smile: "You are really generous." But I can make a statement, no returns. ”

"Don't worry, since I bought him, I will never return him to you again. ”

The "wine barrel" smiled and took out the key to the chain from the sleeve of his clothes, handed it to the old man, and said: "For the sake of the dozen or so silver coins you gave, I will give you his chain, this is the key, you take it." ”

In fact, these two chains are not worth anything at all, and the reason why they are given to the other party is only because they are afraid that the slave will hate himself because he will escape and make trouble for himself, and it will be over.

The old man took the key, didn't say anything, turned around and untied the two chains on the young man's body, and everyone was puzzled for a while. The young man, who had warned the old man earlier, couldn't help but shout, "Be careful that he has escaped again." ”

The old man smiled at everyone, then walked down the wooden platform, saw that the slave was still in place, and shouted, "What are you still doing, come with me." ”

The slave didn't expect the old man to untie the chains on his body, and he sat on the wooden platform in a daze. Hearing the old man's shout, he woke up like a dream. Standing up blankly, like a soulless walking corpse, he stupidly followed the old man, and after a while disappeared into the flow of people in the market.

After finding a secluded alley, the old man stopped, and after being sure that there was no one following him, he turned around and said, "This is it." ”

The slave was still in a trance until this moment, he didn't know what was going on, he was still walking forward, and he was about to bump into the old man who had stopped, and he still looked demented.

The old man shook his head, stretched out his hand and slapped the young slave's body, the force was just right, although it was a little painful, but it pulled the young man back to reality in time.

"Sit down and answer me a few questions. The old man said indifferently.

The young man did not reply, but he did not sit down either, and stood in front of the old man like this, and the distance between the two was only about half an arm's length. However, in front of the young man's huge body, the old man's figure looked even thinner and smaller.

Seeing that the young man still didn't react, the old man was also a little annoyed, and raised his hand to press the young man's shoulder, and the capacity was pressed down. Contrary to the old man's expectations, when he increased the strength of his hand to the seventh layer, the young man seemed to sense what was happening and sat down on the ground all of a sudden.

This kid obviously hasn't practiced any martial arts, but his body is extraordinary, and he seems to be a good material for martial arts. Looking at his arrogant appearance, if he has the opportunity to be on the battlefield, I believe he will become a tiger general.

"What's your name?"

After asking a few times, the young man looked up, and behind his unkempt hair was a pair of eyes full of resentment and bloodshot.

The old man asked again, and the young man replied, "Rice bucket." ”

"Rice bucket?" the old man forced a smile and couldn't help asking, "Do you eat a lot, so they call you rice bucket?"

"I don't know. ”

This answer made the old man even more surprised, there was no one who knew his name, could it be that this young man who looked as strong as an ox had lost his memory.

As if sensing the doubt in the old man's eyes, the young man continued, "I have been destined to be a slave since I was a child, and therefore have no name. ”

"Then you must have never read a book and don't know how to read?" the old man began to grieve at the misfortune of the young man.

"Nope. ”

The old man seemed to be fluted, such a fluted person, it is really rare to see, I can't help but sympathize, thinking that there were scholars in the ancient East to save the country, and now there are slaves in the city of fallen leaves to save the homeland, so he said: "In the future, you will be called a doctor." ”

"Well, why do you want to untie my chains, aren't you afraid that I will run away?" the young man finally came to his senses from his initial confusion and began to gradually return to his normal senses.

"Because I just want you to run. The old man smiled slightly.

"Let me run?" the young man clearly did not understand the meaning of the old man's words.

"Yes, let you run. As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his clothes, and the young man knew at a glance that it was his "contract of sale", and as long as he had this contract, he would be his master. Unexpectedly, the old man tore up the contract in front of him and threw it into the ditch next to the alley.

"From now on, you are not a slave, but a commoner, a commoner who enjoys freedom. ”

The old man's words echoed in the young man's ears, and he never left for a long time. Could it be that nearly twenty years of slavery changed in an instant? The young man slowly stood up and stared up at the clear blue sky.

"Woo!" A strange howl like a wild wolf resounded between heaven and earth, and two lines of muddy tears slid down the young man's cheeks.

If a person has suppressed everything for too long, this will happen when he gets the opportunity to release it. And if this repression happens to a man, it will be more intense at this time.

The old man understood what the young man was thinking at the moment, so not only did he not stop it, but he smiled happily on the side, the old man's smile was not good-looking, and even made people feel a wisp of sadness.

After a long time, the young man recovered from the excitement just now, lowered his head and said, "What do you want me to do?"

It seems that this big man is not stupid, and he knows that I have something to ask him.

"It may be difficult for me, but it's easy for you now. But before I do that, I want to ask you, what are your plans for the future?"

The young man looked down and thought for a moment, then replied, "I want to go back to my hometown, I want to rescue my friends." ”

"How many people do you think you can save on your own?"

The young man waved his hand angrily and said, "No matter what, how much can you save?"

"But will you be able to free them from slavery?"

The old man's words hit the young man's vital point. True, before that, he escaped from his master's territory twice, but each time he was caught. The reason is very simple, as long as those masters of his go to the commercial union and register their names and issue a notice of bounty for their arrest, then you will not want to escape anywhere. A bounty notice is issued on the condition that the person has an official "deed of sale" for the slave.

The old man tore up the contract just now, which meant that there was no way to issue a reward notice in the commercial union in the future, and it was impossible to use the ubiquitous trade union power on the mainland to find him. (With the development of mainland commerce in these years, merchant unions began to appear, and with the support of the Frankish kingdom, these merchant unions united into a large force and played an important role in the economic life of each city)

Seeing the young man's pained expression, the old man continued, "But maybe there is someone who can save your friend. ”

"Who?" the young man looked up sharply, as if he had seen a glimmer of light in the night, faint but enough to give confidence.